This article indicates that finally people are starting to realize that nearly all types of networked computing technology are inherently dangerous as things stand today. It isn't about open source vs. proprietary, Windows vs. Linux, P2P vs. Client/Server, or anything else that people often focus on. Rather, it's about whether or not identity has been "handled properly" by the infrastructure the software runs in.
Today, the answer is nearly universally NO, and as a result expect to see a "sudden rise in identity problems" as awareness of what we've really done sinks in. It looks to me like his might be the year that what people *fear* shifts from the unknown "new stuff" to the "unknown nature of the stuff I thought I understood but just woke up about."
That is a good trend, as this is the first step on the road to understanding that "Identity is Center" and to initiating the proper thinking about identity that is required to design identity infrastructures that return control of network technology to its users.
Posted by pbecker at May 16, 2003 01:34 PM